Chapter XXXVI: Yacht Party: Back to the 'Burg!!
Since they all began flying, it's been just about nearly an hour into their flight, and, of course, after seeing a new batch of skyscrapers and smoke coming out of one of the buildings (cough…gym…cough…), they all came to the conclusion that they just passed Mauville City. After effects of the long journey started to affect each of them already; May's legs were cramping due to how she folded her legs on Swellow (if she relaxed them like she tried while they were over Route 112, it's be heavy for Swellow for putting down all of her weight on him), Brendan's stomach was aching to the bone (literally) due to Heracross's monster grip, Wally's shoulders didn't hurt so much anymore, but dried blood droplets were still stained onto his nice shirt, and the Pokémon were annoyed at all the other birds who "accidently" ran in to them mid-flight.
"So wait…" asked May while looking down. "If we just passed 'the Maw', then how long have we been going?
"Do you not read beginning of chapter commentary or something?" asked Brendan. "According to them, we've been going for about an hour into," he said. May was ready to interject, when Wally pulled out a watch.
"Egad!" he said. "Brendan's right….for a change," he said. May and Brendan gave him a look that asked him the very same question; 'what the hell?'
"Did you just say Egad?" asked May.
"Who in the hell says that?" they asked in unison.
"What; what's wrong with a minced oath?" asked Wally, at he tried (and failed) to rub the back of his head.
"A what oath?"
"Minced oath," answered Wally. "It's basically using covered words in replace for profanity and bad words…"
"Like this story used/uses so much curse words, that I'm sure if I had a penny for each one said, I can have up to P50,000!" he said.
"Brendan, shut the (Mooo!!) up…hey, what was that?" asked May.
"That was a forced minced oath started by the author sometime ago," answered Wally. "You know, adding strange noises and captions whenever you curse and stuff," he said while smiling. "You know, you guys are like…11, and you curse more than my aunt and uncle…"
Wally's House-Verdanturf
"Walter, learn to put the (awk!) toilet seat down!"
"Well shit Eunice; learn to move your (awa) tongue better while (plut!!) My (bark bark), and then I'll but the (vroom) seat down!" shouted Walter to his wife.
"This is why we should have had Wally stay with us, so we don't fight so (meow) much!"
"What in the (quack) does (capow!) have to do with us arguing; we all know that you're in (baa!) PMS!"
"No I'm not, you're just being a damn homo, and won't admit to the fact that Wanda was a retard baby!"
"Hey; just because she was born with…with female and male parts, does NOT make her a freak baby…" the two of them turned their heads, and saw Wanda Wallaby standing at the corner, holding a small teddy bear.
"So THAT'S the (beep) 'birthmark' I have over my cunt!!" she shouted. She then ran off upstairs, wailing like there was no tomorrow.
"Wanda; wait!" said Walter. He then placed his arms to his side.
"Okay, I think we proved them enough about our cursing," he said.
"Yeah; go back to Wallykins and those other idiots he travels with already!" shouted Eunice.
In the Air: Route 107
"Sure, and Angelina Jolie has normal sized lips," said May while shaking her head.
"And Pamela Anderson has natural tits," replied Brendan.
"Oh, and Michael Jackson wasn't trialed!" they said in unison.
"Oh, and Pluto's NOT a planet!" said Brendan. May was about to agree, when she took two seconds to think about what he just said.
"But Brendan, Pluto ISN'T a planet anymore," she said. "It was decided by some…international space thing ages ago," she said. Brendan gained a shock of disbelief.
"What; yes it is. Pluto is definitely a planet. It didn't blow up, or float away or something did it?" he asked.
"No, but according to the International Astronomical Union (IAU), Pluto has been reclassified from a planet, to a dwarf planet, due to the fact that it hasn't cleared the neighborhood (define it's own gravitational pull), and it isn't a satellite, despite the fact that it does orbit the Sun and has sufficient mass to overcome ridged body forces like the other planets," she said intelligently.
"Well then," started Brendan. "That's dumb, because saying a dwarf planet isn't a planet because it's too small, is just like saying a midget isn't a person," he said. This statement left May and Wally speechless. "I say, go Pluto; Pluto ROCKS!!" he said while pushing his fist forward like Superman. This ended up being a mistake, for that it stretched out his already cramping stomach. "Alright, so's my stomach apparently!" he said while attempting to grasp it.
The flying adventure of the five of them ended within that next hour, as Wally pointed out the tall buildings and hotels that had those retarded titles, such as "Ocean Inn, Shark's Shack, Dolphin Inn, and a Hilton." Another nifty thing they came across was the Battle Tent and Contest Hall. Brendan wanted to point it out to May, but she was drooling on top of Swellow's head. Also coming in on the ground, resided the many shops and merchants as they've seen once before. Because Heracross and especially Swellow were worn out, they reached ground level, and literally dropped the three trainers onto the ground, before returning themselves into their respective Pokéballs (Swellow kinda had to buck a few times to slide May off of it's back). The three of them knew that they weren't too far from the beach (after May jumped up she whipped her drool from her mouth to her hands, and onto Brendan's shoulder.
"Nasty!" retorted Brendan angrily. As they began to head down to the beach, the attack of merchants greeted them.
"I have Celebi plushies!" shouted one.
"I have an adorable Likitung plushy!" shouted another.
"I have a plushy of a dildo!" one could be heard from the corner.
"Why would you want a plushie of that, when you can just buy a real one come tonight at Red Light District for P100?" asked another one of the merchants.
"You can?" piped Wally while looking around. He was stopped as Brendan and May shot him looks telling him not to continue further to pursue the master con artists. The salty smell of the ocean whiffed around them as they stepped onto the boardwalk into Route 109. They entered the chaotic beach of sunbathers, hyperactive children, exotic sandcastle creations, and…did I mention sunbathers. Brendan was the first one to pipe up when he noticed something awkward in the behavior of several adults; they were all running down towards the end of the beach; one single direction that he just wanted to look into. What made it worse was the words "boat party" came from one of their mouths.
"Uh-oh…" he said while going their direction.
"Uh…Brendan, where're you going?" asked May while grabbing his arm.
"May; I think we need to see if Briney parked differently today…" said Brendan. He slowly snapped the grip, and jet down to where the elder people were going.
"Wait a second, Brendan!" shouted Wally. The other two kids began to race on down towards him, which would have come to no avail had it been any other situation; Brendan outran them like a Cheetah outrunning the world's fastest man. After less than a minute of running, the three of them approached the familiar white boat that belonged to Briney; however, it was holding a small ticket booth beside it. The boat itself was anchored down, and the old, bald bastard known as Briney was gracefully accepting the Poke of the adults, and the two guys rushed on happily.
"He's making people buy rides to where they need to be?" asked May angrily.
"Hold the phone," said Wally. He placed his finger up, and cupped his ear toward the boat. "I think I hear indescribable, sexy club music up on that boat…" he said. The other two cupped their ears toward it as well, and nodded as they had a feeling that somebody was gettin' crunk. They all instantaneously ran up to Briney upon hearing the music.
"Hey, youngsters!" he greeted them with a smile. His beard was relatively shorter, and (though more noticed by May), he was definitely ripped, more muscular than how they left him last. "How are you all doing; I'm glad you got here on time."
"Briney, I am going to give you 3 seconds to tell me what the holy hell is going on around here, or I will kick you in the nuts!" shouted May angrily. Brendan grinned, as this remark wasn't directed towards him for the first time in…a few good chapters.
"Well, it was sometime ago before the two of you left here," he said. His voice also sounded a bit more…manly than it did when they last left him. "See, there were some college kids moaning and complaining about a big party bash at this beach that was cancelled." He said. "I just so happened to buy one of those plushie dildo's for Pecko, so he won't be lonely."
"Eww…" thought May following his words.
"I realized that I had plenty of boat space, so I let them know that they could waste their money on partying with me on my ship!" he said. "So, they handed me about P4000, I started a little party chain that costs people about P2500, and now, I'm rolling on the floor with "muh-la!" he said with a smile. "And now, kids from Dewford, Petalburg, Rustburo, and Slateport City meet up with this boat at specific surrounding routes, and we all Party-Hardy!" he said. "At stops, those who already paid can give me an extra P1000, and I'll gladly let them continue on!" he said.
"Pathetic…" said May.
"Pretty low, for an old guy," said Brendan.
"Ingenious!" said Wally. The other two looked at him with utter surprise. Briney looked at him with a smile. "I mean, put it this way. This guy's found a way to actually turn the blissful ignorance of college and high school kids into a business," he said. "I mean, and he even placed it at a reasonable price to join the 'Boat-de-la-PARTAY!'" he said. Briney smiled at him once more.
"Don't ever say that again in your natural born life," said the other three down to the green haired kid.
"Well, despite the fact that it's wonderful you were able to pop off a wonderful illegal business out of all of this, would you still be able to give us a lift to Route 104 South to get us quicker to Petalburg?" he asked.
Hm…well, I guess I can give you youngsters a lift," he said after pondering the fact a while. Brendan was being slightly blinded by Briney's shining bald head reflecting off of the sun. "But I'm going to have to make an hour stop when we get to Dewford Town to drop off and pick up more kids…"
"It's fine; but I just need to get down to P-Town and face Poppa Pow," said Brendan while jumping over to pay rail. Briney was ready to interject, but swallowed his comment. "I guess I can let you kiddies on for free, but once you hit 14, I want 25 from you anytime you want a lift!" he said.
"Wait; what exactly is 25 bucks in Poke?" asked May.
"2500, now go along, get on already. We're leaving in five anyway," he said. After the five minutes, Briney closed up the ticket/money box, and walked up the ramp to boat, and released the anchor, and they began to move…"
"Hey; I'm only 11. STOP IT!" shouted a loud female's voice, imitating what May interjected to her moments ago. She had long, red-violet hair that puffed up with a gallon of spray on her hair. Her and a few of her friends had taken May's fanny-pack, and was hovering it above her head obnoxiously. Brendan was being pushed by a college senior who held a bottle of Saki in his hands, and he attempted to antagonize Brendan to the point of fighting him. If they had it bad, in comparison, Wally had it the worse, as he was hovered by his ankles over the Route 108 water below them by a few high school kids. Most of the other kids paid no mind to them, and just drank, socialized, and violently "got crunk" in the bathroom and all over the furniture. As all of this happened, it was May who just about hit her breaking point first.
"Alright, Chaka…" she said while detaching a Pokéball from her belt clip. "Take back my fanny pack!" she shouted.
"Aww; look at the wittow gurl play with her wittow Pokémon!" said one of the guys. They all finished up with another chorus of "aww!!"
"Fine, change of commands!" said May as she went back into stance. "Use High Jump Kick on that guy, and then finish it off with receiving my fanny pack!" said May while releasing her Combusken.
"Combusken; busken busk I'm finally back!" said Combusken while smiling. The tiny chicken Pokémon jumped up into the air, grabbed May's fanny-pack with ease, and came down to kick the other guy in the "family jewels."
"Agh!!" he shouted while falling onto the floor semi-dramatically in pain. He, by nature, began to grip onto it.
"Aww; look at the wittow idiot holding on to his wittow weenie in pain; aww!" she replied back to him mockingly.
"I don't think so, little bitch," said the head girl of the group. She too, pulled out a Pokéball, and tossed it out to face May's Combusken. "I choose you, Seviper!" she shouted. Within seconds, a humongous, black snake, holding long red fangs, and eerie purple designs on his body appeared on in between the two of them and Combusken. The Young Fowl Pokémon even had to take a few steps back, as May needed a quick, evacuation plan from this.
"Chaka, Bulk up now," she said reassuringly. However, due that she didn't know it was an actual move, Combusken slowly began to turn red, and it's muscle mass began to be seen easier.
"I don't think so; take out that little laying hen out with your Poison Fang!" shouted the girl. Seviper opened its mouth, and everybody who was crowding around to see their battle noticed an extremely tiny droplet of venom being secreted from the base of its left fang. The Fang Snake Pokémon did what it does best, and began to violently strike towards Combusken.
"Chaka, use Double Kick to ward it off!" shouted May. Combusken followed up in the command with a nice, swift motion of its feet. It jabbed Seviper with its left foot, and then jumped
while spinning around, only to pop out its right leg and kick Seviper's face while it kept its jaws wide open. However, Combusken's right foot was caught up in between Seviper's mouth, and it wouldn't budge to get out.
"Hm…toss that thing over to a corner, and let that bird know of your dominance!" shouted the girl. Seviper summarily jerked its neck, and everybody in the room watched as Combusken flew over to the door of the gentleman's bathroom, and slammed against it with an earsplitting "POOM!" Briney shook his head while continuing to drive the boat.
"Those kooky kids," he said while beginning to turn onto Route 107, which in turn, wasn't good for Wally, who was still suspended over the boat.
"Combusken!" shouted May while tending to her Pokémon. The young fowl Pokémon jumped up as soon as May touched it, scratch marks and all being over, and it huffed and cracked fists heatedly.
"Oh, so the little chicken has a bit of fight left in it, huh?" she asked.
"More than you can handle!" shouted May. "Go Chaka, Slash and follow it up with a Sky Uppercut!" shouted May. Combusken darted over to Seviper, and with a heavy blow of long, inhumanely sharp nails, scraped the surface of Seviper's face.
"Don't just stand there and take that, Seviper!" shouted the girl. "Fight back with Crunch!" she shouted. Seviper recoiled, and rapidly chomped down onto Combusken's shoulder and neck.
"Com….Combusken (oh damn)!" shouted Combusken while attempting to resist.
"No, Chaka, use Fiery Punch!" retorted May. The position the Pokémon were in seemed to May that it was in a severely uncomfortable situation. However, over at her other side, Combusken's fist began to steam, followed by smoking up like a barbeque. And finaly, as Combusken swung the punch, the velocity helped it gain a significant amount of fire onto it, giving the Poison Fang Pokémon a heavy jab to its eye.
"Seviper (Rah!)!" shouted the Pokémon while releasing its grip and slithering back towards its own corner. Combusken fell down onto one knee in infected pain, while Seviper was blinking constantly and hissing loudly; the Fire punch had burnt its eye.
"You burnt my Seviper!" shouted the girl.
"And you poisoned my Combusken!" she said. Brendan was watching the match from afar, and wanted to stand corner for her, however, the fact of this one drunk guy (he learned that his name was Eduardo from some guy cheering for him), he was held back.
"Alright you little princess; it's time that I teach you a lesson about Pokémon battling, and how it's to be done here in the real world," she said. She pushed on her thick, sprayed hair, and glared over to May. "Seviper, I want you to pull off the combination of Screech, followed by Poison Tail," she said. The Poison Fang Pokémon glared on over to May's Pokémon, and emitted a piercing shriek, that caused everybody to hold onto their ears. It was about as pleasant as the sound of nails against a chalkboard. When he completed, it was Combusken who was still holding its ears and had its eyes closed. Seviper's tail lit up a deep violet purple, and charged on over to the defensive Combusken.
"Combusken, fall back!" shouted May. Combusken began to charge over to Seviper as well. "No, don't attack, fall back!" she repeated. It was futile to call to Combusken, who still had their ears closed; however, the Young Fowl Pokémon literally tripped onto its chin as soon as the Poison Tail closed in, luckily missing the crown of its head as it fell. This must have snapped Combusken out of the "I'm afraid it'll screech again" set of mind, as it jumped up, and ran backwards over to May.
"Lance the Poison Tail to it!" shouted the girl. Seviper pointed its glowing purple tail to Combusken, and launched itself in an inverted slithering motion to it quickly.
"Now it's time that we place a contest in here, Combusken," said May while nearly laughing. "Ballriea (bal-re-ay) 15, Chaka!" she said. Combusken suddenly bent its back low, and smartly avoided the mighty tail blade like the Matrix.
"Doble Passe Fire Spin!" said May elegantly. Combusken kicked the back of Seviper's neck, followed by it jumping in the air, and spitting fire while whirling briskly. This, in fact, made Combusken seem to be like a spinning top of fire. It in turn, shot down to Seviper, connecting it, and sending the now charcoal Pokémon over towards the girl. Seviper was shaking it off, and standing up, as the now burning Combusken was speeding down towards it.
"Watch out Seviper; Poison Tail once more!" shouted the girl.
"Now we'll try out that new more we practiced Chaka; Diving Flare Surge!" she shouted. Combusken beautifully dove down to Seviper, who, as it swung its mighty tail over to it in anger, it dove right passed it, and went to the torso. Little that it knew, that Seviper moved its torso to the side, and awaited Combusken's downfall.
"What?!" shouted May.
"Ha, missed me, little girl!" she replied to her happily. However, Combusken was standing on its hands from the dive, and intelligently pushed itself up, and rebound kicked Seviper in the face once more. The Poison Fang Pokémon fell down onto its side, and with twirls in its eyes (one holding a large blister), signified that it was down and out.
"Alright, I win!" shouted May. Combusken chilled its flames out, and jumped into May's arms, and then onto her shoulders and neck. The two of them grinned over to the other girl and her Pokémon. Seviper was returned into it's Pokéball, and the other girl couldn't help but to grin.
"Hm…alright, this chick here has some battling skills!" she replied. Her and her friends lead May to a small couch at the window, and began to socialize with her as if nothing happened. Brendan, on the other hand, couldn't get the other guy to stop screwing with him.
"Hey, let me go!" shouted Brendan. Eduardo had Brendan in a position to pick him up for a powerslam.
"Yeah Eddy, pick that fool up!" shouted his friends. Eddy tried and tried again to lift him, but failed, not due that he wasn't strong enough, but that Brendan just would not allow him to lift him over his shoulders. Eduardo finally let go (still gripping the bottle of Saki), and looked over to Brendan.
"Alright; fine kid. I guess your pretty strong," he said while offering out his hand. Brendan accepted the "dat" without hesitation. "I guess you're cool…but…but can you beat me in…in a battle," he asked. He was severely hammered, and music began to get pumpin from Briney's poop deck.
"Oh yeah!" shouted Brendan while taking out a Pokéball and activating it feverishly. "So far I've only battled robots, dumbasses and lesbians, but I haven't ever faced a high schooler yet!" shouted Brendan happily. Eduardo pulled out his Pokéball, and acted as if he was taking a sip of it. He then threw out the Saki bottle to the middle space between him and Brendan.
"Sakimon, I choose you!" he said while stumbling, and then falling over. Brendan shook his head, as his goons began laughing like wild hyenas. They then walked over to Brendan, and they began discussing battling. He even was able to show off his current badges to them. Brendan learned that one of them fought the Hoenn League about 4 years ago, and battled up to the Quarter Finals. His Pokémon were at home, so Brendan couldn't get a taste of how it'd be. May discussed how she was more of a Coordinator, in which case she was able to do unique moves to get Combusken out of situations that Normal Trainers (cough…Brendan…cough) couldn't pull theirselves out of. She then showed off her ribbons to the group she was with, and learned that one of the guys fought, and lost, in the first round of the Grand Festival in Slateport City. Wally, however, wasn't so lucky to pull a talking situation like the other two, but did manage to learn that the guy who was hanging him liked Yu-Gi-Oh!, and they managed to pull out cards.
"And now, I attack you with my Elemental Hero, Shining Flare Phoenix!" said Wally while destroying one of their monsters. "Man, I'm just like Edo (Aster) now!" he said. The guy he was dueling noticed his friends coming from the distance, gathered his cards, and tossed them into the ocean. "Hey, you're doing a Chazz Princeton; what's up?" replied Wally. However, he then grabbed Wally's cards, placed them in his pocket, and hung Wally over the boat once more.
"Hey! Ow! Lemme go; gimme my cards!!" he shouted. His friends walked up, and watched him on what he was doing.
"Ha ha, look at this guy," he said. "I found his geeky little Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards, and I tossed them for the fishes!" he shouted.
"NICE!" said his friends.
"Hey, you stole my cards, and tossed your own into the ocean!" shouted Wally. The guy lightly slammed Wally's head against the boat.
"Shut up!" shouted one of his friends. "Nobody said you can talk, little kid!" they said while high fiving one another. Wally screamed for mercy hanging over the boat into the sunset as they were still a fair distance away from Dewford Town…
(Break)
As the sun was arising the next morning, there was yet another group of college and high school kids hanging out by the old cottage at Route 104 South. The strong beach air was starting to affect them physically and emotionally, as it was pissing some of them off. There was a small college couple at the side, holding hands, and looking out to the distance in watching for the party boat.
"Lea," said the man of the relationship. He seemed to have been attempting to comfort her for some reason. "Why are you so worried about the party? I mean, great music, some Pokémon battling, and…a little bit of alcohol hasn't hurt anybody. So what's up?" he asked.
"Well Jed," replied Lea while gripping onto his hand. "The thing is…I've never really partied before," she said. "I mean, I'm the stereotypical bookworm who walked into the Cromwell University for Newcoming Talents, and never had too much of a social life…" she said.
"C.U.N.T., yes; go on…" said Jed.
"And…and I just don't know what's going to happen up on here…" she said. He pulled his girlfriend up into a tight hug.
"Oh, Lea. You don't need to worry about that," he said. "I mean, this is for all of us up at that smelly C.U.N.T. to let loose, and enjoy a little break," he said. He let her go, and stared directly into her eyes. "Lea, as your man, I'm asking you to please, live life for the moment for once, and not think on ahead to the future, please," he asked. There was a loud, distant horn blowing, signifying that Briney and the other group of campers had came in.
"Okay then, Jed," she said while nodding. "I'll try to have a nice, normal time here at this party," she said. The anchor was let down, and a reasonable handful of students had left from the boat. The more Lea saw them, the more she was afraid; they were intoxicated unkempt clothing, and smelt disgusting. Among the group of kids, there was a sight that shocked both her, and the rest of the incoming crowd the most. Three kids, each looking at least 10 years old walked out of the ship, one, who was a girl, was definitely tipsy, due to her staggering and inability of walk and speech. Another one, a boy with white hair and a small black headband, was holding his stomach, and a dried, crusty brown substance was all over the right side of his mouth. And a final boy, who had green hair, had a black eye, and a gigantic lump on his head. They all walked out weakly, and the incoming students watched as the three extremely young kids walked unevenly through the tall grasses and into the city life of Petalburg.
"This party…" said Jed.
"Will definitely be the shit," shouted Lea while grabbing her boyfriends hand, and running onto the boat.
"Uh…I don't think we should…" said Jed.
"Oh come on Jed, don't be such a pussy!" she said while dragging him into the party liner…
On their arrival to Petalburg City, at least a 5 ½ walk from the Route 104 (South) Beach, they somehow managed to shake off their tipsiness, uneasy stomach feelings, and noted physical pains (though Wally still did have a ginormas lump on his head). Brendan took in a long whiff of the air that greeted them as they headed on in.
"Alright dad!" shouted Brendan. "I've waited all trip so far to come and take you on!" he shouted. They continued to step into the city, as they were also welcomed by heavy traffic, tall apartment complexes, hobos, and the elaborated Pokémon Centre which they headed to first.
"Hello; you have reached Norman Maple. Please leave a me a message along with name, number, and best time I can call you back. Thanks!" said his father's dial tone. Since they've been in the Centre waiting for their Pokémon to heal, Brendan's called his dad about 5 times.
"Brendan, maybe he's in the middle of a battle or something," said May. Brendan nodded, and placed his PokéGear back into his bag. As her and Wally began to talk about humorus things that happened to them on the boat (Wally more sit and listened; the things that he went through weren't at all 'funny'), Brendan kept his hands folded, and stared into space; this was going to be his moment. He's been training for a while, and it's been nearly 4 months since he began his Pokémon Journey. All of the training, trouble avoiding, and gay shit was leading down to this moment…
"Birch, May!" shouted Nurse Joy while sliding a tray of Pokémon down. May caught it, and went to seat at the main tables.
"Water Gun, Absorb, Nature Power, Dynamicpunch, Yawn…" thought Brendan.
"Wallaby, Wally and Maple, Brendan!" shouted Nurse Joy while tossing down two more trays of Pokéballs down to the two adolescents. They accepted them openly, and Brendan clipped them on without a word. He was also the first person to hop out of the Centre. Anybody could see that he was dead focused, and he wasn't going to let anything ruin this moment. His heart was racing alongside with Jeff Gordon on a NASCAR speedway; it was cool outside, yet he managed to be sweating, his legs felt like Jell-o; what if he screwed up.
"Then my dad won't see me as a true battler, and I wouldn't have learned anything…"
"MARSHTOMP!" shouted a knocked out Marshtomp. In the shadows, a Slaking and Norman stood at the corner, and they glared down to Brendan in disappointment.
"Great try, Brendan. However, you failed to manage to obtain another badge," said his father while holding up a small silhouetted badge to Brendan's face. The small boy reached out to grab it, and he snatched his hand away. "You are not ready son; I told you to train, and train harder before you exited Petalburg, but you must have failed to listen to me…"
"NO!" shouted Brendan, snapping out of it. A speeding taxi zoomed by him, and May and Wally were gripping onto Brendan's shoulders for dear life.
"Are you stupid?!" asked May worriedly. "You almost got yourself KILLED!" she shouted. Brendan looked down, and nodded his head. He was aware that he still had another block to go before getting to the gym, but he was definitely afraid and insecure about failure, especially to his idol. He sighed, and looked up to her.
"You guys are right," said Brendan. He shook his head rapidly a couple of times, and took a leap into the air. "I need to let loose, relax a bit. I mean, my pops is good and all, but…come on. I'm Brendan Maple!" shouted Brendan. "Mi jamo Brendan Maple. Je'mapple Brendan Maple. Ich heiβe Brendan Maple. Boku-wa Brendan Maple!!" he shouted. "Come on guys, let's get jiggy with it!" he shouted. He then crossed the street while running, and caused several cars to stop abruptly, and yell at him. "Hey, it's called right-of-way, asswipes!" shouted Brendan. He continued on his way to the gym in confidence. When the long block of walking was completed, the dojo-like gym came out into full view, and Brendan took yet another deep breath while walking up to the steps.
"Let's do this!" he said. Before he opened the door, a boy who looked about 16 ran out of the door. He was grasping onto a small, green turtle like Pokémon, and was crying heavily.
"Gnayh!!" he shouted while running down the multiple flights of steps. "NO!! Please get up!!" he shouted while heading on down to the Pokémon Centre. Brendan's overconfidence began to fade once more, and he stepped into the gym. The smell of aging wood entered in to him once more, and his heart began to race in NASCAR once more. May and Wally found a way up to Brendan, and helped Brendan as he looked around slowly and nervously for his dad.
"Hey dad!" said Brendan silently. No answer. He tried again, only louder. Still no answer.
"Mr. Maple!" shouted May.
"Mr. Norman!" shouted Wally. The silence sent Brendan to look around once more. There was a small door on the side of the room that honestly, Brendan hasn't noticed before. There was that door on one side reading One Hit KO, and at the other side of the main entrance room (once again, never seen before) read Recovery.
"What is this?" asked May.
"Yeah, I haven't seen all of this before…" said Wally.
"Because we need to fight our way though here…" said Brendan. He turned, and walked on over to his expertise of doing-one hit KO room. And sure enough, upon entry, there was a boy standing at the base of the room, playing PSP.
"Aha!" he shouted while tossing it to the side. "So I see I receive more competition!" he said while standing up, and facing Brendan.
"What is all of this," asked Brendan calmly.
"It's basically what you need to know how to do when you get into the room," he replied. "Since I'm One Hit KO, it's what you need to use with you to win the mini-match" he said. He popped open a Pokéball, and out came a large Zangoose, standing on all fours, followed by it standing up. "So, you think you're up for the challenge?" he asked. Brendan already had a Pokéball out and ready.
"One hit KO is all I need to win!" shouted Brendan while tossing out a Pokéball! "Go Horny!" he shouted. Burke was grinning and shaking his head as Brendan's Pokémon came out onto the scene.
"Alright Zangoose, end this battle with your Furry Swipes!" he shouted. Zangoose jumped over to Heracross, and was wildly swinging its claws over to Heracross.
"Megapunch, and we're done," said Brendan calmly. Heracross, though quickly charged, violently swung it's arm to Zangoose's face, and though he was hit about 8 soft times, it took him one good swing to place Zangoose on the floor.
"Damn; already?!" he asked. He then walked over to Brendan, and handed him about P1200 with a smile. Brendan did not take the money, but returned his Pokémon and read the names of the next rooms Accuracy Strength. Brendan took a walk over to the Strength room, as May happily accepted the money from Burke. He returned his Pokémon, sprayed it with a potion, and continued to play PSP. Brendan had to walk through a small flight of stairs, and when he reached the strength room, he was introduced by a woman with long, pink hair, a tan leather jacket, and was sleeping.
"Hey!" shouted Brendan. She awoke, and kicked herself from the ground, getting into an immediate stance, and tossed out (another) Zangoose.
"So, you think you're stronger than me, kid?" she asked.
"I know I am…" said Brendan. He dug into his belt once more, and tossed out another Pokéball. "I choose you, Marshtomp!" he shouted. Marshtomp hopped out of it's Pokéball, and squeezed its knuckles at the sight of Zangoose.
"Hm…you know what, just push that little thing," said Jody. Zangoose then stood up onto all fours, and walked slowly to Marshtomp. Without warning, it thrusted its huge arms out, and Marshtomp literally went sliding to the door that read Zero Reduction, colliding with a large "CLOUMP!"
"Woah!" said Wally.
"HEY!" interjected May.
"Recoil it," said Brendan. Marshtomp stood up, and all though not as smoothly, it pushed Zangoose onto the ground, and everybody watched, as it rolled, and crashed into the door that read Speed.
"Crush Claw!" shouted Jody. Zangoose came up, and violently slammed it's claws onto Marshtomp's right shoulder, holding it down into the ground. "If your Pokémon's so strong, then it can easily escape from Zangoose's grip," she said. This wouldn't be an easy task; Zangoose's claws were dug into the wooden floor, and Marshtomp was caught in the grip.
"You can break out of that, easily!" said Brendan while keeping cool, yet still becoming slightly worried. Brendan then gained a small idea; after Marshtomp continued its struggle, he figured he better step in once more. "Muddy, Iron Tail, and flip out of that!" said Brendan. Marshtomp's tail lit up and from its stomach flipped itself over, and smacked Zangoose in the face. This attack, alone, had Zangoose be knocked out.
"Hm…excellent job," said Jody while offering out P1200 for Brendan. He once again, shoved it out of the way, and decided to head on down to the Speed room. May, once again, accepted the money for Brendan, and watched as he crossed into the next room. There wasn't another room across from where he entered, but one behind where one guy was watching television. He had purple hair that went down to his ears in a bowler style, and wearing a shirt that was a couple shades of green.
"Hm…yet another one who thinks they're faster!" shouted Randall. He turned off Naruto, and tossed out a Pokéball, revealing itself to be a Linoone.
"You fast; please, I'll be done with this match before you can even say Speed Racer!" said Brendan while tossing out Nuzleaf. "Warrior, let's destroy this guy, and make him eat his words on Speed!" he said.
"Nuzleaf, nuz (let's get it)!" shouted Nuzleaf while getting into a stance. A few seconds later, Linoone disappeared, and reappeared while tackling Nuzleaf from behind!
"What the…" said Brendan. It then reappeared by Randall once more.
"Hm…you must have dueled Bruke in the One Hit KO Room, haven't you?" he asked while shaking his head. "You don't understand that Speed tactics are completely different than the art of One Hit KO's are," he said. "And now I'll have to prove you on this; use Agility!" he said. Linoone once again disappeared and reappeared in random places all over the room. It also had a tendency to stop, shake its body back and forth extremely quickly, as if it were a basketball player crossing up a guard, and then it vanished, followed by Slashing Nuzleaf from mid-air.
"This is madness; use your own Agility!" shouted Brendan. Linoone and Nuzleaf were now both, running around the room, and vanishing and rematerializing at random places while trying to lock in a good attack in on the other. After a few failed tackles from each of them, Randall shook his head.
"End this with Double Team!" he commanded. Linoone jumped into the air, and duplicated a heavy number of Linoone's that, circled around Nuzleaf hypnotizing-like. Nuzleaf shot an occasional Razor Wind to a false one, making it disappear. Linoone had him captured.
"Wait a second!" shouted Brendan. "The real Linoone is the one that's actually making noise when it pats against the wood!" shouted Brendan. "Listen in on it!" he shouted. Nuzleaf stopped, and closed its eyes, listening in on the sound of feet tapping against the ground.
"Attack it!" shouted Randall. As soon as the multiple Linoone came in to tackle Nuzleaf, the Wily Pokémon took a spin, grabbed the real Linoone's neck, and took it down swiftly to the ground.
"Awesome!" shouted Brendan. "Now use the best damn Absorb you've ever done!" he shouted. Nuzleaf took in a few saps of energy from Linoone, and then stood to see the Rush Pokémon on the ground, slowed down and weak. "Use your own Speed Tackle!" shouted Brendan. Nuzleaf, though not as fast, took a behind the back tackle, and as it was approaching…"Now jump to your left!" shouted Brendan. As Nuzleaf closed it, Linoone moved to its own left, receiving the full out tackle from Nuzleaf, and knocking it out.
"Yay, Brendan!" shouted May
"Damn; that was a good match!" said Randall while returning his Pokémon in joyed shock. Brendan nearly pushed Randall out of the way (Wally stayed to help him up), and Brendan walked up the long flight of stairs on the doorway that was labeled Gym Leader Norman. His heart began to pump rapidly, sweat slipped down from every part of his body, his Jell-O legs came back once more, only this time to a point where Brendan could have fallen. He approached the door at the end of the stairway, May and Wally just behind him.
"Alright; let's do this…" said Brendan. He placed his hand on the knob, and turned it open. "Dad, I'm…" but was abruptly stopped when he saw the sight in the room. It was hard to explain, but the simplicity of it was, there was no Mr. Maple. In this room was a beautiful young woman, who seemed just around 16-17 years old. She was wearing a small white shirt and matching short shorts. She was holding the hands of a Cow-like Pokémon, and her light pink hair seemed to have sent a blast of mixed emotions down young Brendan Maple's mind; Whitney Anderson; his most detested family member was standing in the room to where his father should be placed. She turned her head, and looked at her younger cousin in shock.
"Brendan?" asked Whitney. She took one look at his hair, and then another at the 6 Pokéballs at his side. Seeing these particular things formed a smirk onto her face. "Oh; this is going to be good," she said while pulling out a Pokéball. "This is going to be a slaughter…"
Chapter End
HA! I'm mastering the art of a cliffy! HA HA HA HA HA!! Well, I guess I might as well pull out good news; I have time this week! I don't have practice until the 14th, so you guys might be able to see the outcome of all of this soon. On another note, I'd like to point out that I've been DYING to throw that one out to the public since this story came out. Just to put a little "twist" on a very classical Pokémon plot device. I hope you've all enjoyed, and I hope to continue on from here…